International Conference on RTI Act by SIC

2 Mar, 2012

A two-day international conference will be organized at Patna starting from today under the aegis of the Bihar State Information Commission (SIC). The Theme of the convention is “Six Years if Right to Information Act 2005 – Road Ahead”. The Chief Minister Mr. Nitish Kumar will be the Chief Guest while the Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Sushil Kumar Modi will chair the inaugural session.

The objective of the first international conference on RTI in India is to create mass awareness about the role of RTI in getting vital information and it would provide a platform for the Information commissioners from different countries and RTI activists to interact with their counterparts in India.

The Bihar SIC has taken innovative measures and has disposed of 65,455 RTI applications out of 70,353 received. The SIC's latest move is to hear the RTI cases virtually at the doorstep of rural people through video conferencing facility at the block headquarters under a direct-to-home concept which is likely to be implemented soon.